## 20160505 AK
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 [[FAQ/DomainOwner/CZ|česky]] | '''english'''
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= Who is eligible as the OWNER of a domain? =

'''Draft of Question :'''

{{{ 
>> But now I am wondering if the authentication by email only is
>> sufficient. At least if adresses as "webmaster" or "postmaster"
>> are used. Shouldn't it rather be only admin, or so?? Or a complete
>> other method, since having access to one of those email adresses
>> doesn't mean that the person should have the power to get a
>> certificate for that domain. The other way around I agree (having the
>> power, one can get such/any such email adress, so maybe it should be a
>> random@mydomain.com)
}}}

'''Draft of Answer :'''

Many email addresses have standard internet roles for SMTP, DNS, ... and their usage is highly restricted and valuable sys admins are carefully handling them.

 * see [[http://rfc.net/rfc2142.html|RFC2142]]

Anyway if you add your email address when you register your domain, you would be able to verify the domain with your "personal" or other email address.

/!\ take care : the address mentioned will be scanned and used by spammers! <<BR>>
/!\ also lock your domain "Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK"

For example try to look at the list of emails that can be used for _m*cros*ft.com_ domain. If you pass the verification of this domain, let us know. Oh well, Good Luck!  ;) 

In this example, myname@anyotherdomain.net is a valid address for validating the domain in CAcert.org:

{{{
[gr@gr gr]$ whois grhq.net

Whois Server Version 1.3

   Domain Name: GRHQ.NET 
   Name Server: NS.OVH.NET 
   Name Server: DNS.OVH.NET 
   Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK 

[...]

domain:         GRHQ.NET 
person:         ROMAGNY Guillaume 
adresse:        PARIS, 75 75019 
adresse:        FR 
email:          myname@anyotherdomain.net
}}}

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